The season of Advent is always filled with eagerness and expectancy. Build some of that anticipation into your school day by allowing students or yourself to unlock a new secret on the advent calendar each day. Use these advent calendars with the whole class on an interactive whiteboard or projector, or set them up as a quick center activity that students can visit. Use the advent calendars that reveal a story to practice looking for foreshadowing clues, using context clues to guess what will happen next, or as story starters for students own stories.
The potential curricular related advent calendars are wonderful for teaching students some of the history of Christmas and the way that other cultures celebrate the familiar holiday.
The technology tools advent calendars showcase a different Web 2.0 Technology Tool each day for teacher use, student use or both.
Potential Curricular related Advent Calendars
http://dirtdirt.com/advent/09/?tillchristmas
Click on a number and an animation will be added to the tree.
Click on a number and an animation will be added to the tree.
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/Xmas/calendar/index.html#calendar
This is a fun way for students to test their knowledge and learn about the ways that Christmas is celebrated all around the world. As an extension, plot the places around the world that they are learning about on a world map.
This is a fun way for students to test their knowledge and learn about the ways that Christmas is celebrated all around the world. As an extension, plot the places around the world that they are learning about on a world map.
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